Dominion (disambiguation)
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A dominion
was a self-governing colony or autonomous state within the British Empire
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Dominion may also refer to:
Dominion
A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities that were nominally under British sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and British Commonwealth, beginning in the latter part of the 19th century. They have included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland,...
was a self-governing colony or autonomous state within the British Empire
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
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Dominion may also refer to:
Geography
- Dominion, Nova ScotiaDominion, Nova ScotiaDominion is a community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality.It is located immediately west of the larger centre of Glace Bay....
, Canada - The Dominion, a neighborhood in San Antonio, TexasSan Antonio, TexasSan Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, United States
Film and television
- "Dominion" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
- Dominion (Star Trek)Dominion (Star Trek)In the Star Trek universe, the Dominion is a ruthless and militaristic Gamma Quadrant state consisting of many different races. The Dominion wages war on the United Federation of Planets and its allies in the late 24th century, acting as an antagonist in the TV show Star Trek: Deep Space...
, an interstellar empire in the Star Trek fictional universe - Dominion: Prequel to the ExorcistDominion: Prequel to the ExorcistDominion: Prequel to the Exorcist is a 2005 supernatural horror film directed by Paul Schrader. It is a prequel to The Exorcist .-Plot:...
, a 2005 film - Dominion: Tank PoliceDominion: Tank Policeis a two volume manga series written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. Set in the fictional city of Newport, Japan, in a future in which bacterial air pollution has become so severe that people must wear gas masks when outdoors, the series follows a police squadron that uses tanks.Dominion has...
, an anime and manga series - Dominion, an Archangel class assault shipArchangel class assault shipThe Archangel-class assault ship is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. They are functionally equivalent to the current day aircraft carriers; their primary mission being to launch and recover mobile suits and mobile armors...
in Gundam SEED
Literature
- DominatorsDominatorsThe Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion, are a fictional alien race from the outer cosmos of the DC Universe. They are highly technologically advanced, and live in a rigid hierarchical society, in which one's caste is determined by the size of a red circle on one's forehead...
, an alien race collectively known as the Dominion in DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner... - Dominion (Doctor Who)Dominion (Doctor Who)Dominion is an original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Sam and Fitz.-Synopsis Book 1:...
, a Doctor Who novel by Nick Walters - Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy, a book about animal protection by Matthew ScullyMatthew Scully-Speechwriting career:Scully worked as a speechwriter in the 2000 presidential campaign, and served as a special assistant and senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush from January 2001 to August 2004. He also wrote speeches for vice-presidents Dan Quayle and Dick Cheney, Governor Robert P...
- Dominion, a novel by Randy AlcornRandy AlcornRandy Alcorn is an American Protestant author and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to teaching an eternal viewpoint and helping the needy of the world. He has written several novels, including Deadline, Dominion, and Deception. He received a...
Music
- Dominion (Don McLean album)Dominion (Don McLean album)Dominion is a live album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1982.-Track listing:#It's Just the Sun #Building My Body #Wonderful Baby #The Very Thought of You #Fool's Paradise#Baby I Don't Care #You Have Lived #The Statue...
- Dominion (Kamelot album)Dominion (Kamelot album)Dominion is the second full-length album released in 1997 by metal band Kamelot. It was the last album to feature original vocalist Mark Vanderbilt and founding drummer Richard Warner.-Track listing:...
- Dominion (Jakob album)
- Dominion (British band)
- Dominion (Filipino band)Dominion (Filipino band)Dominion is a rock band originally formed in Manila, The Philippines in 1994.Combining an eclectic fusion of progressive rock, goth rock ,hard rock and 80's influences they are considered by the media & fans to be one of Asia's more significant and influential goth rock exports to date.Having...
, a Goth rock band - Dominion (Swedish band)Dominion (Swedish band)Dominion is a Swedish technical death metal band formed in 2004.-Members:*Victor Brandt - vocals, guitar, bass*Jocke Olofsson - vocals, drums-External links:* * at MySpace...
- "Dominion/Mother RussiaDominion/Mother Russia"Dominion/Mother Russia" is a song from the album Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy. It was written by Andrew Eldritch and produced by Jim Steinman...
", a song by The Sisters Of Mercy - Dominion (Benedictum album)Dominion (Benedictum album)Dominion is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Benedictum, released through Frontier Records in 2011.-Track listing:#"Dominion" 4:18#"At the Gates" 3:59#"Seer" 4:34#"Grind It" 2:44#"Prodigal Son" 4:55#"The Shadowlands" 4:56...
Games
- Dominion (game), a card game by Donald X. Vaccarino
- Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 is a real-time strategy game developed by Ion Storm and 7th Level for Microsoft Windows. The game was published by Eidos Interactive in June 1998 on two CD-ROMs and boasted both single and multiplayer game modes...
, a 1998 real-time strategy computer game - Dominions: Priests, Prophets and PretendersDominions: Priests, Prophets and PretendersDominions: Priests, Prophets and Pretenders is a turn-based strategy game designed by Illwinter Game Design, in which up to fourteen "pretender gods" at a time each battle for global dominance...
, a 2002 computer strategy game series by Illwinter - Dominion, the newest game mode in League of LegendsLeague of LegendsThe BetFred League of Legends was a darts tournament featuring some of the legends of the game of darts which commenced in May 2008. The tournament is broadcast on Setanta Sports in the United Kingdom....
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Businesses and brands
- The Dominion (train), a former transcontinental passenger train on the Canadian Pacific Railway
- The Dominion (newspaper)The Dominion (newspaper)The Dominion is a monthly newspaper and web site in Canada.The Dominion is published by the Dominion Newspaper Society, a non-profit organization...
, a monthly newspaper based in Montreal, Canada - The Dominion (Wellington)The Dominion (Wellington)The Dominion was a daily morning newspaper based in Wellington, New Zealand.In 2002 it merged with The Evening Post, the other Wellington daily, to form the Dominion Post....
, a former newspaper in Wellington, New Zealand, now part of The Dominion Post (Wellington)The Dominion Post (Wellington)The Dominion Post is a metropolitan broadsheet newspaper published in Wellington, New Zealand, owned by the Australian Fairfax group, owners of The Age, Melbourne, and The Sydney Morning Herald.- Foundation :... - Dominion of Canada General Insurance CompanyDominion of Canada General Insurance CompanyThe Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company has been in operation since 1887. It one of Canada's oldest insurance companies, and one of the largest property and casualty insurers...
or "The Dominion", a large insurance company in Canada - The Dominion BankThe Dominion BankThe Dominion Bank was a Canadian bank based in Toronto and incorporated in 1869 that merged on February 1, 1955 with the Bank of Toronto to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank. -History:...
, a former bank in Canada, now part of the Toronto-Dominion BankToronto-Dominion BankThe Toronto-Dominion Bank , is the second-largest bank in Canada by market capitalization and based on assets. It is also the sixth largest bank in North America. Commonly known as TD and operating as TD Bank Group, the bank was created in 1955 through the merger of the Bank of Toronto and the...
financial group - Dominion ResourcesDominion ResourcesDominion Resources Inc. , commonly referred to as Dominion, is a power and energy company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia that supplies electricity in parts of Virginia and North Carolina and supplies natural gas to parts of West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and eastern North Carolina...
or Dominion, a utility in Virginia, USA - Dominion KX, SX and KSX, KVM switches from Raritan ComputerRaritan ComputerRaritan, Inc. is a corporation in the IT infrastructure field. Based in Somerset, New Jersey, Raritan has 38 offices worldwide, serving 76 countries...
- Dominion EnterprisesDominion EnterprisesDominion Enterprises is a Norfolk, Virginia-based media and information services company for the automotive and commercial vehicle, real estate, apartment rental, and employment industries...
, a creator and distributor of free periodicals throughout most of the USA - Dominion Motor Spirit, a British brand of petrol in the 1920s later acquired by Shell-Mex and BPShell-Mex and BPShell-Mex and BP Ltd was a British joint marketing venture between Shell and British Petroleum. It was formed in 1932 when both companies decided to merge their United Kingdom marketing operations, partly in response to the difficult economic conditions of the times.The parent organisations...
- Dominion NetworkDominion NetworkThe Dominion Network was the second English-language radio network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from January 1, 1944 to 1962.It consisted of the CBC-owned CJBC radio station in Toronto and a series of 34 privately owned affiliates from coast-to-coast...
, a former Canadian radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting CorporationCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster... - Dominion (supermarket), a former national supermarket chain in Canada
- Dominion Stores (Newfoundland and Labrador)Dominion Stores (Newfoundland and Labrador)Dominion is the primary brand name of the major-market supermarkets of Loblaw Companies Limited in Newfoundland. The Dominion brand name is used under licence from Metro Inc., which discontinued its use of that banner in the rest of Canada in late 2008 and has no other affiliation with the...
, its successor in Newfoundland
- Dominion Stores (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Dominion TheatreDominion TheatreThe Dominion Theatre is a West End theatre on Tottenham Court Road close to St Giles Circus and Centre Point Tower, in the London Borough of Camden.-History:...
, a theatre in London, England
Other uses
- Dominion (angel), a type of angel
- HMS DominionHMS Dominion (1903)HMS Dominion was a of the Royal Navy. Like all ships of the class she was named after an important part of the British Empire, namely the Dominion of Canada. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Dominion.-Technical characteristics:HMS Dominion was ordered under the 1902...
, a battleship in the British Royal Navy from 1905 to 1918 - Dominion Institute, a former foundation promoting knowledge of Canadian heritage, merged into the Historica-Dominion Institute
See also
- Commonwealth RealmCommonwealth RealmA Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...
, contemporary term for former Dominions - Dominion DayDominion DayDominion Day is a commemoration day of the granting of national status in various Commonwealth countries.-Canada:Dominion Day was the name of the holiday commemorating the formation of Canada as a Dominion on 1 July 1867...
, former name of national holidays in Canada and New Zealand - Dominion TheologyDominion TheologyDominion Theology is seen by some as a subset of Dominionism, a term used by some social scientists and journalists to describe a theological form of political ideology, which they claim has broadly influenced the Christian Right in the United States, Canada, and Europe, within Protestant...
, a theological system advocating the restructuring of society in accordance with Biblical law - DominionismDominionismDominionism is a term used to describe politically active conservative Christians that are believed to conspire and seek influence or control over secular civil government through political action, especially in the United States, with the goal of either a nation governed by Christians, or a nation...
, a term used to describe conservative Christian political activity - Old Dominion (disambiguation)
- Dominion Lands ActDominion Lands ActThe Dominion Lands Act was an 1872 Canadian law that aimed to encourage the settlement of Canada's Prairie provinces. It was closely based on the United States Homestead Act, setting conditions in which the western lands could be settled and their natural resources developed...
, a land acts created in 1872 and repealed in 1918 - Dominions of SwedenDominions of SwedenThe Dominions of Sweden or Svenska besittningar were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but never became fully integrated with Sweden. This generally meant that they were ruled by Governors-General under the Swedish monarch, but within certain limits retained...
- Terran Dominion, the primary dominant empire of the Terran race from Starcraft